Wow what a trip
I hit the road @ 730 am on friday and hauled ass all the way princeton to meet the convoy at manning park gas station
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we hit the trail head bout 11-12 and the first thing we see is cows blocking the road ???

i moooo at them with the pa and they gave us passage
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here's a shot of most of the convoy at first stop
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the next stop was a cabin on the way to wells
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had a grave outside it
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wow its beautiful up here
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there was snow in some spots but nothing major
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we were told the road to wells was already blazed but that was a fucken lie.
once we hit the shady side it got bad
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but thanks to unimogs we got through and kept on going
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from here i stopped taking pics for the rest of the day because of more snow and a brutal gong show trying to get all the trucks through

it took 12 hours to reach granite mountain due to snow

the yellow mog and the green mog went ahead and tried to break trail to wells but had to give up because the snow was too deep.

so we settled in on granite mount for the night.

day 2 at granite

we set up camp
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and got wilbur cookin
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day 2 night was a party and gooder too
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we even had a disco ball thanks to gave man
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then it got drunk out and as in tradition i gave wilbur his explosive finish
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we spent day 3 relaxing and doing some light wheeling.

i climbed to the top of the mountain for a pic
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and we had another great night
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day 4 was pack up and leave

because of the extreme heat and the snow melting before our eyes we decided ..... we didn't come all this way to go back the way we came and after a short meeting we said fuck it were goona do wipsaw the whole way in one day

cj mike getting tugged because he broke his rear shaft pulling out trucks on day one
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because of the rapid snow melt the whole trail was like this
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and then after 2 hours of mudding
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from there it was up falcon hill and believe me the pics don't do it justice
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some pics on the way to loadstone
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gavemans rig ( that guy can drive )
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my jeep with some imitation armor-all
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and then about dinner time
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from there we left about 7pm and hit tullameen about 9pm
my permit expired @ 12 am so we took the shortcut from tullameen via 42k of sundown gravel road
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and ended up at the toll booth on the coke at 10 pm
for air up
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it was a trip i will never forget and will do again when it more dry

in total there was approx 35-40 trucks including 7 unimogs who made it in and out.... not all under their own power but all made it

for me it was flawless didn't get stuck once and being locked front and rear is just plain awesome .

Mr Vic

07-01-2008, 01:10 PM

nice pics good story, looked like a kickass trip Mr Tuna.

Mudgirl

07-01-2008, 01:11 PM

awesome pics Eric - looks like a good time

"intimidation armor-all" [9] - so thats the secret to the cruse

disco ball [36]

trencher

07-01-2008, 01:12 PM

Great pics [cheers]
I hope to hit that trail sometime soon

hoser

07-01-2008, 01:17 PM

sweet pics...looks like good times[cheers]

Zibi

07-01-2008, 01:18 PM

Looks like an awesome trip...would've loved to see the mogs in action

Murd0c

07-01-2008, 01:19 PM

good pics, so was it worth it with all those trucks?

Hello Kitty

07-01-2008, 01:28 PM

good pics, so was it worth it with all those trucks?

sure thing. it was a blast and the scenery is un real. didn't get in till after 2am so that was alot of seat time.

tim (cruizer) is the most patient and generous guy.

thanks to all for an amazing time.

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Tunabomber

07-01-2008, 01:30 PM

good pics, so was it worth it with all those trucks?

was a good trip man the group came prepared for anything and everyone helped

in my opinion if ya got the time to wait its kinda fun watching and helping all the diff rigs through

would do it again in a heart beat [36]

Murd0c

07-01-2008, 01:35 PM

thats good to hear. Looks like weather was champ thats for sure

cruizer

07-01-2008, 02:42 PM

Great trip[36] rough drive out with some real nice veiws
I bet eric clocked the most mile on the trip:D
it was a good thing that snacks guy showed up[cheers] road in a shoe box and no complants

4Lo

07-01-2008, 02:43 PM

Weather was hot and burn time was like 10 minuites. Shade was your friend this weekend at the Whipsaw. Bugs were your enemy.

Crazy_Eye

07-01-2008, 02:57 PM

aswome pics. looked liek a wicked time. I'll have to get my shit together and do it sometime

barracuda

07-01-2008, 03:16 PM

It isnt a tough trail just long and dusty (did it in my toy camper) just make sure you truck is in good order and it should be no problems .

I would suggest doing it once so you never have to do it again .:)

lizard

07-01-2008, 04:08 PM

danny sure was packed

nice views once up higher

Bronco Boy

07-01-2008, 04:19 PM

I bet eric clocked the most mile on the trip:D
No doubt. Was funny to see him idle all over the place. :)

I had a blast. Was good to meet all the new faces and chat with the old one's.

captain

07-01-2008, 04:41 PM

wow great story and pics!! cant wait to do whipsaw

fredyfingers

07-01-2008, 05:05 PM

looks like a good time was had, that pig looked like it was gona be tasty [36]

LuckyBains

07-01-2008, 05:07 PM

Great pictures. Nice story to go along with them. And yes Danny can sure drive his Hilux

MuddyWheeler

07-01-2008, 07:34 PM

Wow, wicked pic's. Haven't been up there in a while.[cheers]

Evan the Blue

07-01-2008, 07:48 PM

Great Pics and Story Tuna-Man [cheers]
I really want to do that run some day soon

bakelite

07-01-2008, 08:36 PM

Awesome Eric, thanks man [cheers]

gavman

07-01-2008, 09:05 PM

Awesome awesome pics Eric, that sure was a blast[cheers] [cheers]
One of my favourite camping/wheeling trips to date....

epic3

07-01-2008, 09:12 PM

what ya couldnt find somethin to blow the piggy head up on other than the snow?

MundusPax

07-01-2008, 09:28 PM

awesome pictures
must have been a sweet trip

Shera

07-01-2008, 09:48 PM

Awesome pictures ,we were up in Hedley this weekend and it was hot kept jumping into the river to cool off[it was cold] we were gonna do some wheeling but air conditioning died on us and with 2 big dogs we stayed at camp ,figured lakes would be too hot to fish and diesel is too heavy that we would have sunk in the mud

Burndog

07-01-2008, 10:16 PM

Nice pics, good to see everyone made it back safe.

kootenaycat

07-01-2008, 10:27 PM

Some great pics! Surprised that you guys made it through, lots of snow up high still.